Mark Adams – Mitchell Bright – David Cook – Tim J. Veling – Ellie Waters
In Situ Photo Project 1 April – 6 May 2016
CURATORS NOTE
site |sʌɪt| noun
1 the place where something is, was, or will be located
2 a place where something has happenedAs documentarians of Aotearoa, New Zealand, the artists in this exhibition have all made work in response to the social and cultural history embedded within the land.
Their work is linked by how each photograph reveals something that is site specific, embodies its own narrative and divulges something of the photographers’ position as tangata titiri (people of the treaty, non Māori citizens of New Zealand). Shot in regions around the country that have gone through various phases of significant transition, and continue to do so, this exhibition questions our understanding of place and memory.
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- Tim J. Veling, Non-indigenous plants and domestic greenery cleared from the Avonside Residential Red Zone, Keller Street, Christchurch, 2015 from Vestiges
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- Ellie Waters, Rewi’s Hut, Rāpaki, 2015, from Ko te whanga ko au; Ko au ko te whanga – The harbour and I; I and the harbour
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- Ellie Waters, Urupa, Rāpaki, 2015, from Ko te whanga ko au; Ko au ko te whanga – The harbour and I; I and the harbour
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- Mark Adams, 4.6.1988. The Kaiapoi Monument. Kaiapoi Pa, North Canterbury. From Whenua i Maharatia Haehae Nga Takata-Land of Memories Scarred by People
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- Mark Adams, 25.5.1988. Rapanui-Shag Rock. Ōpāwaho-Otakaroro Hapua, Christchurch. From Whenua i Maharatia Haehae Nga Takata-Land of Memories Scarred by People
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- David Cook, Keith and Nancy Buckley at work and at home around Rotowaro, 1984-87, from Lake of Coal
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- David Cook, Huntly Power Station, 2004, from Lake of Coal
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- Mitchell Bright, Eeler, Birdlings Flat, 2015, from Within the Land
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- Mitchell Bright, OceanaGold Mine, Reefton, 2015, from Within the Land